[368] Abdullah ibn alZubayr a nephew of Ayishah，who had rebuilt the Ka'abah in A.H. 64 （A.D. 683），revolted （A.D. 680）
against Yezid and was proclaimed Caliph at Meccah. He was afterwards killed （A.D. 692） by the famous or infamous Hajjaj general of Abd alMalik bin Marwan，the fifth Ommiade，surnamed 'Sweat of a stone'（skinflint） and 'Father of Flies，'from his foul breath. See my Pilgrimage，etc. （iii. 192194），where are explained the allusions to the Ka'abah and the holy Black Stone.
[369] These lines are part of an elegy on the downfall of one of the Moslem dynasties in Spain，composed in the twelfth century by Ibn Abdun alAndalusi. The allusion is to the famous conspiracy of the Kharijites （the first sectarians in Mohammedanism） to kill Ah，Mu'awiyah and Amru （so written but pronounced 'Amr'） alAs，in order to abate intestine feuds m AlIslam. Ali was slain with a swordcut by Ibn Muljam a name ever damnable amongst the Persians；Mu'awiyah escaped with a wound and Kharijah，the Chief of Police at Fustat or old Cairo was murdered by mistake for Amru. After this the sectarian wars began.